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Title: Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama by DANIEL GOLEMAN ISBN: 0-553-80171-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Destructive emotions: the "Barnacles of the Mind."
Comment: In 1974, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche observed that Buddhism would come to the West as a psychology (p. 72) and, in fact, every wisdom tradition encourages us to assert some control over our negative emotions, from the Bible, Confucius and the Koran, to philosophers including Aristotle, Mill and Kant forward. DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS documents an extraordinary dialogue between the Dalai Lama and a group of two neuroscientists, three psychologists, two Buddhist monks, a philosopher and two Tibetan translators, drawn together from the United States, France, Thailand, Canada and Nepal to explore how destructive emotions, namely hatred, craving, and delusion, "eat away at the human mind and heart and what we might do to counter this dangerous streak in our collective nature" (pp.xvii-xviii).
Goleman's DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS not only offers its reader a "somewhat rarified excursion" through the fine points of both Buddhist and Western psychology and philosophy, but also points the way toward cultivating compassion and happiness in oneself and our culture.
G. Merritt
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful, Bold, Innovative Book
Comment: I have been practicing meditation for over thirty years and teaching for twenty eight years. My experience has made me much more familiar with the art of meditation than with the science of it. I found this book to be an extraordinary contribution, helping elucidate the tremendous importance of ancient meditative tools to modern life.
In a world where fear and grasping and anger and a sense of isolation from others seems to be predominating,this book, starting right with the title, Destructive Emotions, moved me, interested me, and made me think.
Having been at a similar conference with the Dalai Lama some years ago,I know how hard it is to capture the magic of this kind of encounter: the amazing openness of the Dalai Lama's mind; the pioneering sense of adventure on the part of scientists and educators as they explore meditation in the labs and translate its essence for a far-reaching audience; the depth of compassion that underlies this dialogue from all sides. I think Daniel has done a remarkable job. Because of the effort that has gone into it, I think this book could be of value whether you have meditated for decades or have not yet begun.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Minds Meet
Comment: The conference the previous reviewer talked about was The Seventh Mind and Life Conference, an event this book covers. The event lasted for 5 days, during which time the Dalai Lama (among other Buddhists) met with scientists and philosophers from the West to discuss what the title suggests, destructive emotions. The issues raised range from science of the brain to mastering emotional dexterity.
The narrator of this book, Daniel Goleman, works at Rutgers University as co-chair of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence. He has written several books, some of which are bestsellers, such as "Emotional Intelligence" and "Primordial Leadership." Hatred and anger are two of the most talked about subjects in this volume, because they indisputably are issues we all face in our lives. During this conference the Dalai discusses how to transform these emotions with certain Tibetan mind trainings, as did many of the other Buddhist scholars present. To this many of the scientists added their own ideas on the matter with a very eclectic variety.
Yet to me the scientists didn't touch on the one crucial area I feel the Dalai Lama talked about, which was:
"I think the practice of compassion is like a medication that restores serenity when one is very agitated. The great tranquilizer is compassion."
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